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Tony Cordova HS

Tony Cordova

  • Title
    Associate Director of Sports Medicine/Head Athletic Trainer (Football)
  • Email Address
    acordova2@utep.edu
  • Phone
    915-747-6468
Tony Cordova is in his 14th year at UTEP and was promoted to Associate Director of Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer in January, 2019. His main responsibility is working with the UTEP football program, while overseeing cheer.  Cordova is the designated Athletics Health Care Administrator for the university, and has been a Certified Athletic Trainer for the past 23 years.

An El Paso native, Cordova did his undergraduate work as a student athletic trainer at UTEP under Dawn Hearn. He earned his bachelor's degree in kinesiology in 1997, and went on to the University of New Mexico as a graduate assistant for the football team while receiving his master's degree in sport administration.

Cordova then worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2000 as an athletic trainer in their minor league system, and stayed with the organization until 2006.  Teams that he was with during that time were rookie ball Yakima, Double A Jacksonville and Triple A Las Vegas.  Cordova also was invited to be an athletic trainer with the Arizona fall league twice during his time with the Dodgers. In 2006 he was named Minor League Athletic Training coordinator for the organization, and was also voted Pacific Coast League Athletic Trainer of the Year at the end of the season.

Cordova is also a Medical Service volunteer for the United States Olympic Committee.  He serves as athletic trainer with USA Taekwondo for regional and world events.  He was also named to the 2011 Pan American Games Medical team in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Cordova and his wife, Allison, have two daughters, Maris (11) and Brooklyn (8).
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